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> I've seen enough people try to suggest changes to the homepage and flounder that I just have zero interest in trying. I'm guessing most of those people don't
by mwcampbell 4y ago
> I've seen enough people try to suggest changes to the homepage and flounder that I just have zero interest in trying.
I'm guessing most of those people don't have the same level of respect within the Rust community that you do. I could be wrong, though.
> It's hard to balance pithiness and precision.
IMO Rust itself favors precision, so the website should as well.
On the one hand, I think Rust's momentum, including adoption by big industry players, is now strong enough that the website team could afford to avoid even the slightest appearance of over-aggressive marketing. There have been successful programming languages without marketing campaigns, after all; perhaps the best example is C (unless there's some aspect of its history I don't know). On the other hand, maybe discussions on message boards like this one make this problem look more important than it is, and the website is doing the right thing. I don't know.
Good points about testimonials being misunderstood and distorted.
Thanks for taking time to write a thoughtful response.
- benreesman 4y agoPaul Graham has thoughts on people who “market” programming languages: http://www.paulgraham.com/javacover.html http://www.paulgraham.com/javacover.html I’m the spirit of Postel’s Law I decided to actually learn Rust well before becoming truly dedicated to clowning on super fans. I’m into basically anything if we go all out, as long as Rust is sponsored by a KPop group and a league team fuck hating: let’s make an NFT!